Vocabulary
beklemmend
/bəˈklɛmənt/· adjective
oppressive, unsettling, eerie
The feeling of a story that tightens your chest: a dark workshop, a silence, a guilt that grows.
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Forms
- Komparativ
- beklemmender
- Superlativ
- am beklemmendsten
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Tap a meaning. Real German isn't a dictionary translation.
beklemmend
oppressive, unsettling
Die Atmosphäre in der kleinen Werkstatt ist beklemmend.
The atmosphere in the little workshop is oppressive.
Word family
beklemmenddie Beklemmungthe feeling of oppression, the anxietybeklommenuneasy, anxiousklemmento jam, to pinch
Common combinations
- eine beklemmende Atmosphärean oppressive atmosphere
- ein beklemmendes Gefühlan uneasy feeling
- beklemmend genauunsettlingly precise
Similar & opposite
≈ Synonyms
bedrückendunheimlich
Common learner mistakes
- Ich fühle mich beklemmend.Ich fühle mich beklommen. / Die Stimmung ist beklemmend.beklemmend describes what causes the feeling; the person feels beklommen.
Real examples
- Die Atmosphäre in der kleinen Werkstatt ist beklemmend.The atmosphere in the little workshop is oppressive.
- Beim Lesen hatte ich ein beklemmendes Gefühl.I had an uneasy feeling while reading.
- Der Film zeigt beklemmend genau, wie Gerüchte entstehen.The film shows with unsettling precision how rumours start.
